NBA Salary Cap Expert Warns Orlando Magic Against Team-Altering Move

The Orlando Magic are heading into the summer with limited cap space, hindering the team from signing a marquee-free agent outright. However, the front office has sufficient assets to be creative in the trade market. With two first-round picks in the upcoming draft and expiring contracts to move, Orlando can be an active participant in the coming months.

In a recent appearance with Orlando Magic HQ, Sportrac Salary Cap expert Keith Smith expressed strong belief in the Magic's options moving forward. He discusses the organization's "building blocks" in Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, and Jalen Suggs. However, he warned that making a big move will mean sacrificing one of the three.

"The name that gets thrown out a lot is, go get Trae Young, go get LaMelo Ball," Smith said. "If you do that, you're trading either Wagner or Suggs because you're gonna have to. Those teams aren't gonna give them up without getting really good players back."